PHI 208 Week 3 Quiz
In the video “What Is Just War Theory?” Michael Walzer argues it is important to read the essays and memoir literature of soldiers because
they make the toughest moral decisions on the battlefield
they contain critical material regarding the actual experience of war ...
in the video “what is just war theory” michael walzer argues it is important to read the essays and memoir literature of soldiers because they make the toughest moral decisions
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PHI 208 Week 3 Quiz
Question 1
In the video “What Is Just War Theory?” Michael Walzer argues it is important to read
the essays and memoir literature of soldiers because
they make the toughest moral decisions on the battlefield
they contain critical material regarding the actual experience of war
moral arguments about war should ring true to
Correct!Correct! all of the above
The answer can be found between minutes 10:00-15:00 of the video “What is Just War
Theory?”
Question 2
A deontological theory of morality regards moral actions as:
Correct!Correct! based on duty
based on the best consequences
proceeding from virtuous character
relative to each person’s desires
The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals and **.
Question 3
According to Kant in the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, suicide is:
Moral if and only if one lives in a state or country where it is legal.
Correct!Correct! Immoral because it involves treating one’s autonomous will merely as a means
to the relief of suffering.
Moral if and only if one does not have friends or family members that would be hurt by it.
Immoral because it condemns one to eternal damnation.
The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals page 29.
, Question 4
Kant’s theory of morality is best described as:
Utilitarian
Based on divine commands
Relativistic
Correct!Correct! Deontological
The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals
Question 5
Which would be an example of acting from duty, according to Kant’s Groundwork for the
Metaphysics of Morals:
Respecting others because you want them to like you.
Correct!Correct! Keeping one’s promise because that’s what everyone should always do.
Being honest with my customers in order to increase my company’s profits.
All of the above.
The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, p. 19.
Question 6
In the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals Kant explains that respect for a person
is:
the recognition of the worth of the person’s potential contribution to society.
dependent upon whether the person respects others.
both A and B
Correct!Correct! none of the above.
The answer can be found in Kant’s Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, pp. 28-30.
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